Improvement in picture-hook



@me/Mgg N.PETERS. PHoTlLL THOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C y. Anibel glam,

@anni @Mira WILMER D; GRIDLEY, CF ,NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Lenen Patent No. 85,738, zaad .maw/ry 12,1869.

IMPROVEMNT IN PICTURE-HOOK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all twhom 'it may concern.

. orifice of such form and sh'ape that, when placed over a nail or screw-head in the wall, it will tighten its hold upon said nail or screw as the weight is brought to hang upon it, thus allowing the plate, with its hook or knob, t0 be removed and replaced at pleasure, without disturbing the nail orscrew in the Wall.V

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a face view of this invention.

FigureZ is a side sectional view. asla nail or screw, driven or turned into the wall nearly up to its head, or so that its head projects about the thickness of the picture-hook or knob-plate.

c is the hook or knob-plate, which I propose to make in various styles and patterns.

This plate c isprovided with a A-shaped orifice, d.

The widest portion of this oriiice is placed over the head of the nail or -screw aand pulled dgwn, which causes the A-shaped opening d to clasp the head, and

` is firmly held in place thereby, until it may be desirable to remove the plate, when it is only necessary to lift and rcmrove in the same way in which it was lirst introduced toits place.

c is a hook or knob, cast on or secured to the plate inthe ordinary way.

Thus 'old-pattern hooks can be easily and quickly removed, and new and richer styles substituted in their places, without damage to the walls'of the apartments.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage of this invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same therefrom..

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The plate c, having a A-shaped orifice, d, with a knob,

e, substantiallyas constructed, and for the purpose de- WILMER'D. GRIDLEY.v [L. s.]

Witnesses:

E. W. BLrss, J. W. BLIss.' 

